The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-04-09


Grafton, &C.
Everything is in readiness for the Semi.
Centennial celebration OF the organization OF
Carroll, to take place on Monday next IN TINS
citv. so far as details and plans by the Exec
utiye Committee in charge can make them'
and if the weather should prove iavoraoie,
there will be one of the largest celebrations
ever witnessed in this part OF Maryland.
The nrocession will be about two miles long,
and will include about one hundred bicyclists,
DID citizens, county and city officers IN car
RACES. three fire companies, cavalcade,
trades DISPLAY, and citizens OF the county
generally in carriages and on loot. inter
spersed in the line will be fourteen Drass
bands and drum corps. In the afternoon
there will be public meeting, at which Col
VIM p Maulsby will make an historical ad-
dress, DIR. j. w. Herring will deliver an ora
ton, and Semi Centennial poem, by Harry
I Sbellman, of New York, will be read.
The exercises at the meeting vii also include
singing by several hundred voices, under the
direction of Prot. c. II. Spurrier, in which
the whole vast assembly will be invited to
ioin; and music by the consolidated bands,
making one mammoth band of about 200
pieces.
After the meeting the Westminster Fire
| Department will give an exhibition OF their
| skill and show the force of the water.
People are coming from all points on the
line of the Western Maryland Railroad and
branches, and the citizens of Carroll will OF
themselves constitute great throng. Among
| the visitors will be a number OF prominent
people in the state and nation.
MANY additions have been made to the list
| of officers, and below will be found the Of
fetal list, program of the days exercises,
route of parade, &C.:
LIST OF OFFICERS, MARsHALs, &c.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE NJ. Parke,
COL VIM. A. McKellip. Hon: Chas; b.
Roberts, VIM. A. Cunningham, Hon. Frank
T. Shaw, N. |. Gorsueh, JAS. A. =. Bond,
Chas. T. Reifsnider, DR.. Chas. Billingslea,
Judge Isaac c. Bale, Frank Brown, D. N.
Henning, F. H. 0rendorf, A. H. Huber
and Fdwad LYNCH. The committee will
have headquarters for the invited guests at
the City Hotel, Mr.. Rahter having put at their
| disposal two large communicating rooms.
Chief Marshal-John Gait.
Chief Marshal's Staff-Chas. c. Currens,
Harvey Freeman, b. F. Shriver, l.. A. J.
Lamotte, E. NJ Shipley, Jacob Wink, Eph-
rain Bankert, Michael Buchanan, Robert
Sellman, James H. Rooms, Charles P. Bale,
Marchall Repp.
Assistant Aids-Geo. A. Shower, Percy
II. Shriver, j. Milton Reifsnider.
Marshal of Trades Display-Wm. G. Rine-
hart; Assistant. DIR. John s. Matthias.
Marshal of Cavalcade-John G. Skunk.
Marshal of Firemen-W. Frank Tyler.
Marshal of Old Citizens Division-David
A. Owings and Jonathan NJ. Dorsey.
PRESIDENT OF THE MEErIxG.-Col. John
X. Longwell.
VICE. PREsIDEYTs.-Co J. I. Matthias,
Col. James G. Berret, Col. John B. Boyle,
DR.. Samuel Swope, John Smith Of Wakefield,
Moses Shaw, Abner Bale, Francis Shriver,
David B. Earhart, Samuel A. Lauver, Jacob
Sharrets, Rodgers Birnie, William Lawyer,
Lewis Shaffer, Thos. F. Shepherd, Louis
Green. Major James H. Steele, VIM: Bach
man. Hiram Davis, John W. Tracy, VIM. A.
Wampler, VIM. j. Mitten, Geo. W. Miller,
Lawrence Zepp, Elias Yingling, F. A. Shar-
rer, DR.. VIM. N Martin, Judge George w.
Manro, Joseph Shaffer, Col. VIM. c. Polk,
VIM. Y. Frizzle, Maj. d. W. Bennett. John
Thomson, Augustin Arnold, John Weaver,
George W. Matthews, l.. P. Slinguf. Francis
Warner, W. W. Naill, Thomas P. Goodwin,
Granville S. Haines, Louis Dielman, Eph-
rain Cover, Richard Manning, DIR. George s.
Fouke, Jacob Myerly and Moses Barnes.
SECRETARIES james A. Diffenbaugh, H.
NJ Clabaugh, DIR. ]. j. Weaver, Jr., Chas.
j. H. Ganter, j. Hamilton Singer, b. +.
Grouse, VIM. A. Abbott, James L. Smith,
Johnnie E. Baesman, Chas. II. Baughman,
Franklin. James NJ. Shellmap, j. j. Baum
gartper, Dr. james 3. Summers.
ORDER OF PARADE.
Bicycle Division, Chief Marshal and Staff,
Band, Old Citizens Division, County Officers,
and Mayor and Council of Westminster in
Carriages; Band, Westminster Fire Depart
ment, Band, Littlestown Fire Company,
Band, diminishing Fire Company and Band;
Veteran Firemen's Association, of Baltimore,
l Band; Cavalcade and other Bands; Bands and
1 Trades Display, Band anu viiizeus generally
in Carriages and on foot.
FORMATION OF LINE.
The Old Citizens and County and City Of
ficers to form on North Centre street, with
right resting on Main; FireWe9 at Fire De-
partpent Building; Cavalcade on Court
Street, right resting on Main Bicyclists at
City Hotel; Trades Display on Belle Grove
| Square and Liberty Street, right restiHg on
Main. All divisions are expected to be
ready to meEo at lo,l5. Line will start at
1890 sharp.
| ROUTE OF PARADE.
Main 10 Union, to Pennsylvania avenue, 10
Main to Church, to Green, to Washington
avenue, to Main. Line to diSband ut Odd
Fellows Hall.
J EXERCISES AT PUBLIC MEETING.
The p4ialie meeting will be held at. Central
Hall Graded schaol Building, at i P. M,
where the exercises will be, rs tolio%s
PRAYER by Rev. H. w. Kuhns, D. D.;
"America," by Several Hundred Voices, and
the whole assembly; Historical Address by
| Col. WIN. p. Aaulsby; Music by Consolidated
Bands Grafton by DR.. j. W. Herring Music;
Semi Centennial Poem, Harry ], ShellRaH
Doxology.
SEMI CENTENNIAL NOTES.
From to 10 o'clock on Easter Monday
night there will be free Stereopticon Exhi-
bjtion at the depot. A canvass, 80 feet square,
VII be bggg m the side wall of .. L. Reaver's
s ~ Be- az hr %" p 81 sS y at$S' Psg
nent buildings, allegorical pictures, paintings
of the Charleston earthquake, &c. This ex-
hibtion will he a very fine one, and enjoyable
| to al who may be present: The Westminster
Band viii FeHder some choice music on the
occasion. Tho exhibition will be given by
B. L. Babbitt.
Mr.. Daniel F. Shriner, of Westminster,
who. MS young man of nineteen, was in the
parade in Westminster in February, fifty years
ago, in celebration of the passage of the law
creating Carroll county, has exhibited at the
! ADVOCATE office picture of the triumphant
arch ,l.st stood at the West End about oppo-
site whers John Wampies.a stqgp row is. 1t
was made of hickory poles, about twenty feet
high, and to these were spliaed two smaller
ones, which were bent over to meet, and then
spliced They were trimmed with evergreens,
and on the top was the word Liberty" and
on one side Carroll and on the other "Coun-
ty." The picture was drawn by Mr.. Shriner's
teaoasr nj Pipe Greek Academy.
Mr.. J. Henry kpiRBle, mason, of Silver
Run, has mason's plumb bob used by the
late VIM. Sullivan, mason who worked on
the Court House, when it was built in 1898 !;
aiSG . mason's hammer used by the late Jacob
Form walt on the same building. The masons
who worked on toe Gogrt House were VIM.
Green, David Snider apd Wq. Sullivan, who
| bpilt The front; Qayid KniPpIe, Philip
Britcher, Of Hanover, Ba,, who Built the east
who built the north vail Matthias FuFpey And
Daniel RasAaFt, who built the west wall.
Mortar carriers-aeergs Beck and William
EbaBgb; brick carriers. Henry Kqipple,
Jaoob Kuipplo and John Forester. There
were others, but they did not work regularly.